Ministry of Defence: Buildings
(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.
Answered by
Calvin Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)
This question was answered on 6th October 2026
The Ministry of Defence’s Main Building in London has 3,681desks (kiosk and touch down desks are excluded) and the total number of staff assigned to Main Building is 4,621.
The ratio of desks to staff is 79.6% providing a ratio of 1.26 people per desk.